cohesion

== English == === Alternative forms === cohæsion (archaic) === Etymology === Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /koʊˈhi.ʒən/ (Australia) IPA(key): /kəʉˈhiː.ʒən/, (cultivated) [kəʉˈhɪi.ʒn̩] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɐʉˈhiː.ʒən/ Rhymes: -iːʒən === Noun === cohesion (usually uncountable, plural cohesions) State of cohering, or of working together. (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together. (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant. (software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together. Coordinate term: coupling (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text. Coordinate term: coherence ==== Antonyms ==== adhesion ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== coherence ==== Translations ==== === References ===